Why The Hell... (random rant)

On Apr 6, 4:38 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Kev writes:
Lots of people flew across the Atlantic with sometimes
just a compass, and they easily recognized the coast of England /
France / whatever with their bare old eyes ;-)

Just a compass? No charts or other aids at all?

A chart over nothing but water is useless :-)

It's true that if you start at certain latitudes and fly due east, you'll
eventually hit some part of Europe. That's essentially just throwing darts,
however.

Yes, but in this case, it worked. The point was, just a compass is
all you need sometimes.

However, the discussion is about compass and magnetic navigation.
Charts are a given part of navigation.

Kev

Kev writes:

A chart over nothing but water is useless :-)

"No charts or other aids."

Yes, but in this case, it worked. The point was, just a compass is
all you need sometimes.

That's not a risk I'd want to take.

And Lindbergh did have charts. Ironically, he had bought them at a boat shop,
and they were nautical charts, but they did the job.

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